Divorce Solutions

Oct 30, 2018

Question #42: Can’t find a phone number or location for you. Where are your offices located? How about a phone number? Are you located or have offices in the state of Maine? Do you know of any similar offices in Maine?

I am surprised you were unable to locate my address and phone number. It is clearly stated on the web site. The name of the firm is Divorce Solutions,206 East 38th Street, New York, New York 10016. My name is Leonard Weiner, Esq. Regarding your question, I strongly urge you to contact me or an […]

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Oct 30, 2018

Question #40: Are therapists better equipped than lawyers to do family mediation with the exclusion of the financials? Where does the boundary lie between therapy and mediation? Thank you kindly.

There is a major distinction between “divorce mediation” and “family therapy”. Family therapy deals with the past and present relationship between the parties, in an effort to resolve past relationship problems and to re-unite the parties so that they may continue the family structure and relationship as husband and wife. Divorce mediation, on the other […]

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Oct 30, 2018

Question #37: I have read a little on mediation and am quite convinced that this is the way to go rather than utilizing lawyers to battle it out in court. However I am having trouble convincing my wife. She thinks we don’t even need lawyers and can do a divorce on our own. We do negotiate fairly well, but we have issues around child custody especially for the future and are wrangling over property. If you can provide some detailed information about how you work and what it will cost, perhaps I can be more convincing in our need for mediation. Thanks.

DIVORCE SOLUTIONS offers a new and unique alternative to adversarial divorce. It is designed to address the emotional as well as legal and financial needs of the parties. Divorce mediation is based on the premise that in most instances especially where the parties have children, they will be required to have an ongoing relationship following […]

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Oct 30, 2018

Question #35: I had been a battered woman before the syndrome was defined. I would like to know if I can genuinely sue this ex-husband for all the damage he has done to me, my grown children, and grandchildren who are feeling the Wrath. We would like to recoup all the support the “Legal System” did not afford to my family (As Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse)? My life as well as my grown girls, with their children are still being victimized by this man. Is there any escape from the turmoil that this man , (my children’s’ father);my children are now raising their own children with feelings of all the anguish and pain (Very vivid in there minds), and yet still this man does not seem to care/consider what we (females (2) daughters and myself) have undergone due to his battering, domination, parasitic abnormalities he has bestowed upon our being which we still endure today. I am 51….the 1st born is 28…..the 2nd born is 27 and we lost the first son (not biologically his child, but we raised till I decided to leave due to my ex-husbands physical abuse). My son committed suicide by the time he was 26 years old. Speaking of his torment. When I went to Family Court for support, I was accused of revenge, I am not looking for revenge…I am looking for answers to questions so I can give my grown children something to give to their children (my grandchildren) who are seeking answers to….Can We Talk? Awaiting your response .

From your letter it appears that both you and your children have suffered much as a result of your ex-husband’s psychological and physical abuse which you need not and should not tolerate. Unfortunately, we at Divorce Solutions deal with exclusively divorce matters and are not qualified or equipped to deal with abuse cases. I strongly […]

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Oct 30, 2018

Question #34: Interesting page, especially after going through a long struggle myself in a divorce. How much does an average program of mediation cost and do you offer divorce services as well?

I am glad you found the Divorce Solutions web site of interest to you and I hope others are benefiting from it as well. The costs of mediating a divorce are significantly less expensive than going through a protracted divorce proceeding with each partner having to pay a separate attorney for all the time spent […]

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Oct 30, 2018

Question #24: My husband and I are New York City residents. We have decided to separate then divorce as soon as we have met the legal one year requirement. Between us, we have already reached agreement on custody of our 9 year old son, child support, and the distribution of our belongings (contents of our home). We have no major assets to divide. We would like to pursue a mediated divorce, but are concerned about the cost. This is the only thing holding us back at this point. At present, we would be unable to afford even standard adversarial legal services.

A mediated divorce is certainly much less expensive and costly both in financial and emotional terms. If you are ready for mediation, please call me at 212-370-1660 to discuss the possibility of arranging for a mediated divorce and the costs of such arrangement. Leonard M. Weiner, Esq./Divorce Solutions

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Oct 30, 2018

Question #22: Thank you very much, I’ll give you a call. How much would you charge for preparing documents for an uncontested divorce? We already agreed upon all the issues: – our son custody – child support – spousal support – no QDRO is needed ( house is left to wife PV of 401K is included in divided assets – 50/50 split) .

There is a saying that “the devil is in the details”. Even though you have discussed the points mentioned above, and believe you have arrived at an honest agreement, when these points are set to paper and are discussed in fine detail, the parties discover that they are in fact not in agreement and more […]

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